Network quality of service measurement method, related device, and storage medium

Abstract

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a network quality of service (QOS) measurement method performed by multiple related computer devices acting as a policy control function (PCF), a session management function (SMF), and a user plane function (UPF) of a wireless network. The PCF generates respective policy and charging control (PCC) rules of n data flows and transmits the respective PCC rules of the n data flows to the SMF. The SMF generates respective QoS detection requests of the n data flows according to the respective PCC rules of the n data flows and transmits the respective QoS detection requests of the n data flows to the UPF, which then performs associated measurement on the QoS parameters to be measured of the n data flows accordingly.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A network quality of service (QOS) measurement method performed by a computer device acting as a policy control function (PCF) of a wireless network comprising:
 generating policy and charging control (PCC) rules for n respective data flows, n being a positive integer, each of the PCC rules comprising a QoS detection rule including an association identifier and a QoS parameter to be measured, the n data flows having the same association identifier and same QoS parameters to be measured, and the association identifier being configured for performing associated measurement on the QoS parameters to be measured of the n data flows; and   transmitting the PCC rules of the n respective data flows to a session management function (SMF).   
     
     
         2 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein the performing associated measurement performed on the QoS parameters to be measured of the n data flows comprises:
 triggering detection on the QoS parameters to be measured of the n data flows at a time point within a time error range.   
     
     
         3 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein the performing associated measurement on the QoS parameters to be measured of the n data flows comprises:
 triggering detection on the QoS parameters to be measured of the n data flows at a specified measurement time point.   
     
     
         4 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein the n data flows come from a single protocol data unit session of a single user equipment (UE), or a plurality of protocol data unit sessions of a single UE, or one or more protocol data unit sessions of a plurality of UEs. 
     
     
         5 . The method according to  claim 1 , further comprising:
 receiving QoS detection information that is returned in response to the transmitted respective PCC rules of the n data flows, the QoS detection information comprising associated measurement information of the QoS parameters to be measured of the n data flows.   
     
     
         6 . The method according to  claim 5 , further comprising:
 performing, when the associated measurement information comprises measurement results of the QoS parameters to be measured of the n data flows, associated calculation on the measurement results of the QoS parameters to be measured of the n data flows to obtain an associated calculation result.   
     
     
         7 . The method according to  claim 6 , wherein the associated calculation result comprises at least one of difference information, average value information, and deviation information of the measurement results of the QoS parameters to be measured of the n data flows. 
     
     
         8 . A network quality of service (QOS) measurement method, performed by a computer device acting as a session management function (SMF) of a wireless network, the method comprising:
 receiving, from a policy control function (PCF) of the wireless network, policy and charging control (PCC) rules of n respective data flows, n being a positive integer, each of the PCC rules comprising a QoS detection rule, each of the QoS detection rules comprising an association identifier and a QoS parameter to be measured, the n data flows having the same association identifier and same QoS parameters to be measured, and the association identifier being configured for performing associated measurement on the QoS parameters to be measured of the n data flows;   generating respective QoS detection requests of the n data flows according to the respective PCC rules of the n data flows, each of the QoS detection requests comprising associated measurement indication information and the QoS parameter to be measured, and the n data flows having same associated measurement indication information; and   transmitting the respective QoS detection requests of the n data flows to a user plane function (UPF) to instruct, by using the associated measurement indication information, the UPF to perform associated measurement on the QoS parameters to be measured of the n data flows.   
     
     
         9 . The method according to  claim 8 , wherein the associated measurement indication information comprises associated measurement identification information, and the associated measurement identification information is configured for instructing the UPF to trigger detection on the QoS parameters to be measured of the n data flows at a time point within a time error range. 
     
     
         10 . The method according to  claim 9 , wherein the associated measurement indication information comprises synchronous measurement indication information, and the synchronous measurement indication information is configured for instructing to trigger detection on the QoS parameters to be measured of the n data flows at a specified measurement time point. 
     
     
         11 . The method according to  claim 10 , wherein each of the QoS detection rules further comprises a reporting frequency, and the specified measurement time point is determined according to the reporting frequency. 
     
     
         12 . The method according to  claim 8 , wherein the n data flows come from a single protocol data unit session of a single user equipment (UE), or a plurality of protocol data unit sessions of a single UE, or one or more protocol data unit sessions of a plurality of UEs. 
     
     
         13 . The method according to  claim 8 , further comprising:
 receiving QoS detection information that is returned in response to the transmitted respective QoS detection requests of the n data flows, the QoS detection information comprising associated measurement information of the QoS parameters to be measured of the n data flows; and   transmitting the QoS detection information to a policy control function (PCF).   
     
     
         14 . A network quality of service (QOS) measurement method performed by a computer device acting as a user plane function (UPF) of a wireless network, the method comprising:
 receiving, from a session management function (SMF) of the wireless network, xQoS detection requests of n respective data flows, each of the QoS detection requests comprising associated measurement indication information and a QoS parameter to be measured, the n data flows having the same associated measurement indication information and same QoS parameters to be measured, and the associated measurement indication information being configured for instructing the UPF to perform associated measurement on the QoS parameters to be measured of the n data flows; and   performing associated measurement on the QoS parameters to be measured of the n data flows according to the respective QoS detection requests of the n data flows to obtain associated measurement information.   
     
     
         15 . The method according to  claim 14 , wherein the associated measurement indication information comprises associated measurement identification information; and
 the performing associated measurement on the QoS parameters to be measured of the n data flows according to the respective QoS detection requests of the n data flows to obtain associated measurement information comprises:   triggering detection on the QoS parameters to be measured of the n data flows having same associated measurement identification information at a time point within a time error range to obtain the associated measurement information.   
     
     
         16 . The method according to  claim 14 , wherein the associated measurement indication information comprises synchronous measurement indication information; and
 the performing associated measurement on the QoS parameters to be measured of the n data flows according to the respective QoS detection requests of the n data flows to obtain associated measurement information comprises:   triggering detection on the QoS parameters to be measured of the n data flows having same synchronous measurement indication information at a specified measurement time point to obtain the associated measurement information.   
     
     
         17 . The method according to  claim 14 , wherein the associated measurement indication information is further configured for instructing the UPF to perform associated reporting of the associated measurement information. 
     
     
         18 . The method according to  claim 14 , wherein the performing associated measurement on the QoS parameters to be measured of the n data flows according to the respective QoS detection requests of the n data flows to obtain associated measurement information comprises:
 performing associated measurement on the QoS parameters to be measured of the n data flows having same associated measurement indication information to obtain measurement results of the QoS parameters to be measured of the n data flows;   the associated measurement information comprising the measurement results of the QoS parameters to be measured of the n data flows.   
     
     
         19 . The method according to  claim 18 , wherein the performing associated measurement on the QoS parameters to be measured of the n data flows according to the respective QoS detection requests of the n data flows to obtain associated measurement information further comprises:
 performing associated calculation on the measurement results of the QoS parameters to be measured of the n data flows to obtain an associated calculation result;   the associated measurement information comprising the associated calculation result.